From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S275008AbTHFXqH (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:46:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275007AbTHFXqH (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:46:07 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:25105 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S275008AbTHFXpN (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:45:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:45:11 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Euro-English Message-ID: <20030806234511.GH21290@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030805233308.GD928@matchmail.com> <200308052014.31133.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20030806231403.GF1380@pegasys.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030806231403.GF1380@pegasys.ws> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 04:14:03PM -0700, jw schultz wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:16:51AM +0200, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > > > >If zis mad yu smil, pleas pas it on to oza pepl. > > > > > > Chuckle... Some people have way too much time on their hands. :-) > > Oh, come on, it really points something out. > > Europe is a place where everybody speaks bad english :) > > And people who know english and bad english tend to use bad english. > > As you have just done ;) > > I also disagree. Many in Europe speak English much better > than those born to it. Yes, I have to agree also. I am a native english speaker, and I have an Arabic friend who knows english many times better than I do. Though he does come to me to make sure his phrases are in acceptable according to modern english (ie, slang and common phrases).